NC PRAMS 2005~` : (Since your new baby was born, how often have you felt down, depressed, or hopeless?)

2005 North Carolina Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

Preconception Health Indicators Women 18-44

Since your new baby was born, how often have you felt down, depressed, or hopeless?

Demographic Groups	Total Respond.#	ALWAYS			OFTEN/ALMOST ALWAYS			SOMETIMES			RARELY			NEVER
Demographic Groups	Total Respond.#	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
Total	979	35	3.2	2.1- 4.9	118	10.6	8.4-13.2	273	27.3	23.9-31.0	308	33.5	29.9-37.3	245	25.4	22.1-29.0
Age
18-19 years	64	5	9.3	3.3-23.7	13	18.5	9.0-34.2	17	20.0	10.2-35.4	14	24.5	13.2-41.0	15	27.7	15.5-44.3
20-24 years	250	8	1.9	0.7- 5.2	37	11.0	7.1-16.8	83	32.7	25.6-40.6	70	31.9	24.8-39.8	52	22.6	16.6-29.9
25-34 years	512	15	2.4	1.2- 4.8	55	10.7	7.8-14.5	137	26.7	22.2-31.7	172	36.0	31.1-41.2	133	24.2	20.0-28.9
35-44 years	153	7	5.7	2.5-12.7	13	5.5	2.5-11.9	36	23.4	16.0-32.9	52	31.5	23.2-41.3	45	33.8	25.0-43.9
Race
White	703	19	2.7	1.5- 4.6	78	9.0	6.8-11.9	199	27.7	23.8-31.9	240	34.9	30.8-39.3	167	25.8	22.0-29.9
Black	236	13	5.0	2.2-10.7	35	15.2	9.8-22.8	60	24.5	17.6-32.9	58	29.3	21.8-38.1	70	26.1	19.1-34.5
Other	40	3	4.5	0.9-20.2	5	16.6	6.5-36.5	14	34.5	18.5-55.0	10	29.4	14.5-50.4	8	15.0	5.8-33.7
Hispanic origin
Yes	125	4	1.6	0.3- 7.3	7	5.0	2.0-12.1	48	45.8	35.6-56.3	29	20.0	12.9-29.5	37	27.6	19.4-37.7
No	854	31	3.5	2.2- 5.5	111	11.6	9.2-14.6	225	23.7	20.3-27.5	279	36.2	32.2-40.3	208	25.0	21.5-28.8
Education
< High School	168	8	3.6	1.4- 9.0	14	6.9	3.5-13.3	60	36.2	27.8-45.7	36	23.6	16.5-32.5	50	29.7	21.9-39.0
High School	288	12	4.1	1.9- 8.6	41	12.3	8.1-18.3	94	32.7	26.0-40.3	66	24.5	18.5-31.8	75	26.4	20.3-33.5
> High School	521	15	2.7	1.4- 5.0	63	11.2	8.3-15.0	118	21.1	17.1-25.7	206	41.9	36.9-47.2	119	23.1	19.0-27.8
Marital Status
Married	639	15	2.3	1.2- 4.2	73	9.9	7.5-13.1	158	23.6	19.9-27.8	226	36.5	32.1-41.1	167	27.7	23.7-32.1
Other	340	20	5.0	2.7- 9.1	45	11.7	7.9-17.1	115	34.3	27.9-41.4	82	27.9	21.9-34.8	78	21.0	15.8-27.4
Income
14,999 or less	282	13	3.4	1.5- 7.5	49	16.9	12.0-23.4	101	38.0	30.9-45.7	63	25.6	19.4-32.9	56	16.0	11.3-22.2
15,000-24,999	151	9	4.3	1.7-10.6	26	14.9	8.9-23.7	45	26.3	18.3-36.4	33	23.9	16.0-33.9	38	30.7	21.7-41.3
25,000-49,999	177	6	2.9	1.1- 7.8	14	6.3	3.2-11.9	42	21.9	15.5-30.1	68	41.3	32.9-50.1	47	27.6	20.4-36.0
50,000 or more	293	5	2.1	0.8- 5.4	25	7.4	4.4-11.9	68	22.5	17.3-28.8	124	44.0	37.3-51.0	71	23.9	18.6-30.3
WIC recipient
No	549	16	3.1	1.7- 5.5	50	7.6	5.3-10.7	131	24.5	20.4-29.2	214	39.9	35.1-44.9	138	24.9	20.8-29.5
Yes	420	19	3.4	1.8- 6.5	63	14.2	10.4-19.1	140	30.9	25.4-37.0	93	25.1	20.0-31.0	105	26.4	21.2-32.3
Medicaid recipient
No	468	10	2.4	1.2- 4.8	43	8.0	5.5-11.5	110	22.7	18.4-27.6	190	42.2	36.9-47.7	115	24.7	20.4-29.7
Yes	511	25	3.9	2.3- 6.8	75	13.0	9.7-17.2	163	31.6	26.6-37.1	118	25.5	20.8-30.7	130	26.0	21.4-31.3
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams	439	19	4.6	2.9- 7.0	63	14.0	11.1-17.5	132	30.6	26.4-35.0	119	25.8	22.0-30.0	106	25.1	21.3-29.4
2500+ grams	540	16	3.1	1.9- 5.0	55	10.3	7.9-13.2	141	27.0	23.4-31.0	189	34.2	30.3-38.3	139	25.4	21.9-29.3

#Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50.
N = Cell Size, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
The percentages shown are weighted percentages, designed to reflect the entire population of North Carolina women having a live birth.

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